I'm currently game-mastering a fantasy RPG for some friends (we play online). It's a classic dungeon crawl but we play with a lot of role playing and 'theater of the mind' combat (so no grids or miniatures). I took to making a few bits of artwork to help guide their imagination. Nothing fancy, just quick sketchy images to relay the feel and creepiness of the setting.
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/22916c25-6299-453d-a221-446ec839f567/df9q633-942dc93d-afb6-4838-b446-d5c8d740520a.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzIyOTE2YzI1LTYyOTktNDUzZC1hMjIxLTQ0NmVjODM5ZjU2N1wvZGY5cTYzMy05NDJkYzkzZC1hZmI2LTQ4MzgtYjQ0Ni1kNWM4ZDc0MDUyMGEuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.WCcN911g_9T9IF1RQijoGw1FWUOuMtKsTjvR8X6hIXs)
The entrance to the tomb. I use FoundryVTT, which means that I can adjust the light, add light sources and make it rain etc.
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/22916c25-6299-453d-a221-446ec839f567/df9q631-9a2f2515-01c4-4782-89f3-60db4c5fd65e.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzIyOTE2YzI1LTYyOTktNDUzZC1hMjIxLTQ0NmVjODM5ZjU2N1wvZGY5cTYzMS05YTJmMjUxNS0wMWM0LTQ3ODItODlmMy02MGRiNGM1ZmQ2NWUuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.a4RPk-1uqzi9AeGerypA0DEoYMLzYWi-DkwyTkiJSXk)
The oppressive inside of the tomb. Again, in Foundry, I can add flickering light sources to make this animate and 'pop' a little more.
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/22916c25-6299-453d-a221-446ec839f567/df9q63a-ed0f4148-aad9-46c1-8fd1-149617f2e927.jpg/v1/fill/w_1192,h_670,q_70,strp/tomboftheunseeable_creature2_by_griatch_art_df9q63a-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NzIwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMjI5MTZjMjUtNjI5OS00NTNkLWEyMjEtNDQ2ZWM4MzlmNTY3XC9kZjlxNjNhLWVkMGY0MTQ4LWFhZDktNDZjMS04ZmQxLTE0OTYxN2YyZTkyNy5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.sXGWNm8xvubHlOE5WssnlNh2FtqFZl2-9IVIid0vbyA)
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/22916c25-6299-453d-a221-446ec839f567/df9q6mk-24a52681-e25c-44ee-b2e9-087a4429cdae.jpg/v1/fill/w_1192,h_670,q_70,strp/tomboftheunseeable_creature4_by_griatch_art_df9q6mk-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NzIwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMjI5MTZjMjUtNjI5OS00NTNkLWEyMjEtNDQ2ZWM4MzlmNTY3XC9kZjlxNm1rLTI0YTUyNjgxLWUyNWMtNDRlZS1iMmU5LTA4N2E0NDI5Y2RhZS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.sa5OvA1hsCV0fuR85E-RFDJrtmkyQTzS3_v538YpGa8)
Rather than go with bog-standard skeletons, they encountered this ... thing on the left there. Which was a lot more unnerving for the players than a simple walking skeleton! The right one is the upgraded version coming up on a later level ...
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/22916c25-6299-453d-a221-446ec839f567/df9q63d-933036ae-e025-4d98-b117-875996d4cd08.jpg/v1/fill/w_1192,h_670,q_70,strp/tomboftheunseeable_creature_by_griatch_art_df9q63d-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NzIwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMjI5MTZjMjUtNjI5OS00NTNkLWEyMjEtNDQ2ZWM4MzlmNTY3XC9kZjlxNjNkLTkzMzAzNmFlLWUwMjUtNGQ5OC1iMTE3LTg3NTk5NmQ0Y2QwOC5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.IReiq7wsBAV8yFaFD_v9P3t5x1vDlvSGk6FAsXFFuYI)
This little fellow was surprisingly friendly, and kindly offered to eat the character's feet or hands whenever they wanted to - he'd be honored to. Clearly an offer of friendship if I ever saw one.
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/22916c25-6299-453d-a221-446ec839f567/df9q6mo-11774956-35bc-4510-8e5f-3fbd78694d71.jpg/v1/fill/w_1192,h_670,q_70,strp/tomboftheunseeable_level2_wet_by_griatch_art_df9q6mo-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NzIwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMjI5MTZjMjUtNjI5OS00NTNkLWEyMjEtNDQ2ZWM4MzlmNTY3XC9kZjlxNm1vLTExNzc0OTU2LTM1YmMtNDUxMC04ZTVmLTNmYmQ3ODY5NGQ3MS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.VonapDm5tQtsR80JGXF5xaOHkVEXuaF7OA1LqSt-kg8)
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/22916c25-6299-453d-a221-446ec839f567/df9q62x-0e1e52cb-098e-4027-bbae-4833ed272427.jpg/v1/fill/w_1192,h_670,q_70,strp/tomboftheunseeable_level2_by_griatch_art_df9q62x-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NzIwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMjI5MTZjMjUtNjI5OS00NTNkLWEyMjEtNDQ2ZWM4MzlmNTY3XC9kZjlxNjJ4LTBlMWU1MmNiLTA5OGUtNDAyNy1iYmFlLTQ4MzNlZDI3MjQyNy5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.aV207Gj-ikmxSW3ne6zRtlZtw24nh_8SyuTVwPdzTVU)
Waterlogged and dry versions of the second level, which they find through a hole under a hulking statue.
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/22916c25-6299-453d-a221-446ec839f567/df9q638-e61394e6-bdcc-43e7-a438-d152f9c6dc5f.jpg/v1/fill/w_1192,h_670,q_70,strp/tomboftheunseeable_creature3_by_griatch_art_df9q638-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NzIwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMjI5MTZjMjUtNjI5OS00NTNkLWEyMjEtNDQ2ZWM4MzlmNTY3XC9kZjlxNjM4LWU2MTM5NGU2LWJkY2MtNDNlNy1hNDM4LWQxNTJmOWM2ZGM1Zi5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.KdpOVGBbZeD5_aWW7SxlgI-gc4IMA5KY3uTg9fr7c2U)
... Surely that's just a statue, right?
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/22916c25-6299-453d-a221-446ec839f567/df9q62q-ce01b83b-ac93-49c0-b00e-aa52e3c5c709.jpg/v1/fill/w_1192,h_670,q_70,strp/tomboftheunseeable_level3b_by_griatch_art_df9q62q-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NzIwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMjI5MTZjMjUtNjI5OS00NTNkLWEyMjEtNDQ2ZWM4MzlmNTY3XC9kZjlxNjJxLWNlMDFiODNiLWFjOTMtNDljMC1iMDBlLWFhNTJlM2M1YzcwOS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.NC237LSWFZnkAoLELg4Z1LCpqYWOcXIAxGQO-wX-Gfw)
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Scenes from the third and final level of the tomb. We'll see if I make more images for that when they get there!
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Update: Posted some more images here:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=20075.
Griatch